The ranger and the faerie are back! Fresh from their encounter in White Plume Mountain, the Justicar and Escalla head off to Hommlet. But life around a faerie is never exactly . . . stable. Escalla is drawn into the intrigues of the Seelie court. Before he knows it, to save her life the Justicar is on his way into the depths of the earth to fight hobgoblins, drow, and the Queen of the Demonweb Pits. For an adventurer, it's all in a day's work.